Theater of the Mind
John Tackaberry
Cast, Writer
226 episodes in 1 show · 1943–1953
John Tackaberry was an Australian-born writer for radio and television who landed a prized spot writing for Jack Benny, staying with Benny from about 1944 until 1961. In 1946 he wrote the lyrics to Pickle in the Middle with the Mustard on Top, a song created for a Benny comedy routine that went on to hit number one in the country. He later wrote for The Joey Bishop Show.
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The Jack Benny Program226 · Cast, Writer
1943
1944
- Jack Looks for a Replacement Singer
- Frank Sinatra
- From Gardner Field (1944)
- Captain O'Benny
- Allen's Alley
- Guests Amos 'n' Andy
- Jack Hires Larry Stevens
- From Corona Naval Hospital
- How the Gang Spent Thanksgiving
- Jack Gets Mad and Goes Home
- From San Bernardino
- Trimming the Tree
- Jack Resolves to Be Friends with Fred Allen
1945
- Leaving for New York City
- Mrs. Nussbaum's Restaurant
- Ice Skating in Central Park
- From Mitchell Field
- From St. Albans Naval Hospital
- From Glenview Naval Air Station
- From St. Joseph, Missouri
- From Fitzsimons Hospital, Denver
- The Train Station
- How Jack Found Rochester
- How Jack Found Mary
- The Woman in the Window
- How Jack Found Phil
- From Torney Hospital, Palm Springs
- Professor LeBlanc's First Lesson
- How Jack Found Don
- Jack Is Going to San Francisco
- From San Francisco
- Steve Bradley Wants to Be Jack's Publicity Man
- Jack Listens to the World Series
- Gaslight
- Texas Sandman
- The Robbery
- From Birmingham General Hospital
- Tire Trouble
- The I Can't Stand Jack Benny Contest
- Dinner at the Colmans'
- Hello, Louella
- The English Butler
- End of the Contest
1946
- The Rose Bowl Game
- State Fair
- Contest Winners
- The Winning Letter
- From Palm Springs (1946)
- Rochester Lost at Sea
- Guest Gilbert Seldes
- Murder at Lone Palm
- Lost Weekend
- Dennis Returns from the Navy
- I Stand Condemned
- A Sad Soldier Is Discharged
- Weekend at the Acme Plaza
- Jack Practices Next Door to Ronald Colman
- Aboard the Saratoga
- The Kid from Brooklyn
- Leaving for Chicago on the Train
- Quiz Kids Contest
- Fred Allen Asks Jack to Be on His Show
- Ed Sullivan Gives Jack an Award
- Phil and Dennis Have Their Own Shows
- Jack Listens to the World Series (1946)
- Jack and Mary Walk to the Studio
- Jack Tries to Break His Contract with the Sportsmen
- Rochester Gives Jack a Haircut
- Guests Ronald and Benita Colman
- The Killers
- Phil Baker Wants a Room
- Shoelaces for Don
- Jack Exchanges Don's Gift
1947
- Guests Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- Gracie Wants to Listen to Jack
- I Was Condemned
- Jack Fires the Sportsmen
- Jack Tries to Rehire the Sportsmen
- Jack Looks for a New Quartet
- The Sportsmen's Replacements
- The Sportsmen Are Hired Back
- From San Francisco (1947)
- Jack Wants Goldwyn to Film His Life
- Jack Buys a Baseball Team
- The Egg and I
- Leaving for Chicago
- To the Train Station for Chicago
- From Chicago
- From New York (1947)
- Back from Sun Valley
- Jack Goes for a Physical
- Golf at Hillcrest
- The Seventh Hole at Hillcrest
- Dark Passage
- Corner Drugstore
- The Movie of Jack's Life
- Turkey Dream
- Violin Lesson and the Vault
- The New Tenant (1947)
1948
- Rose Bowl Tickets
- In Denver for the March of Dimes
- On the Train to Hollywood
- Jack and Mary See the Colmans' Movie
- Nightmare Alley
- Jack's Thirty-Ninth Birthday
- Jack's New House in Palm Springs
- The Walking Man
- Jack Lectures the Beavers
- Your Money or Your Life
- Jack Wants to Borrow Bing's Oscar
- From Palm Springs (1948)
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1948)
- Charley's Aunt (1948)
- Guest Frank Sinatra
- Ronald Colman's Oscar
- The Egg and I (1948)
- I Was Framed
- Jack Leaves for Detroit
- From Detroit
- From Cleveland
- From New York (1948)
- Back from Europe
- World Series at Jack's
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- The Colmans Have Dinner at Jack's
- Jack Goes Trick-or-Treating
- Jack Sees a Psychiatrist
- Mary Is Late
- Jack Calls the Ad Agency
- Thanksgiving at Mary's
- Professor LeBlanc's Lesson
- Jack Tries to Relax at Home
- A Wallet for Don
- Last Show for NBC
1949
- First Show for CBS
- Lunch at the Brown Derby
- Jack's Scrapbook
- Don Won't Sign His Contract
- Don Still Won't Sign
- Don Signs a New Contract
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1949)
- Mary and Van Are Late
- Spring Cleaning
- Flying to New York
- Jack Shops for a New Car
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Jack Is Upset with the Cast
- Mary Is Sick
- Bus Tour of Beverly Hills
- Jack Meets the Stars of CBS
- Jack Becomes Generous
- Jack's Memory Is Lost and Found
- Recovering from a Cold
- Jack Rides in a Yacht
- Last Week's Mistakes
- Texas Benefit
1950
- Drear Poosen
- How Jack and Fred Allen Met
- I Was Betrayed
- To New York for the Heart Fund
- From New York for the Heart Fund
- Allen's Alley Spoof
- Gin Rummy on the Super Chief
- The Fiddler
- Buck Benny Rides Again (1950)
- Sagebrush Soap Contest
- The Champion
- From Palm Springs, with Al Jolson
- Fifty Cents to a Bum
- Jack Gets the House Painted
- The Beavers Do the Show
- Jack Buys a New Suit
- Back from London
- The Gold Rush of '49
- A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and Murder
- USC-UCLA Game
- Grass Reek
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1950)
- Christmas Shopping for Golf Tees
1951
- King Solomon's Mines, Part One
- Jack Goes to the Doctor
- How Palm Springs Was Founded
- Jack Watches TV
- Jack Goes to the Dentist
- Sunset Boulevard
- Jack Leaves for New York to Do a TV Show
- The Tax Men Visit Jack
- The Tax Men Come Back
- The Tax Men and the Circus
- From Nellis Air Force Base
- I Was Shanghaied
- Jack Plans to Drive to New York
- The Cast Is Unhappy with Their Contracts
- Speed Riggs at the Doctor's
- The Cast Sings the Commercial
- Back from Korea
- At a Nightclub to Hear the Sportsmen
- Jack Loses His Song
- Saturday's Hero
- Golden Girl
- Cuff Links for Don
- The Guadalajara Trio Sings Jack's Song
- Decorating the Christmas Tree
1952
- George Burns Sings Jack's Song
- Wolfe Gilbert to Publish Jack's Song
- Sinatra, Kaye and Burns Sing Jack's Song
- My Career as a Hospital Nurse
- The Easter Parade
- Bend in the River
- Jack Prepares for London
- Last Show with Phil Harris
- The Happy Time
- A Gopher Trap for Don
- Setting Up the Christmas Tree
1953
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